Keith Giffen returns to drawing

DC Comics's solicitations for November have revealed that Keith Giffen is to pencil some forthcoming comics.

Giffen was once known for his art but has mainly stuck to writing comics in the last decade.

The Doom Patrol writer will be penciling issue #16 of the title, as well as drawing for Outsiders #34.

"I've been sort of p*ssing and moaning a little bit about it over the last couple years, wanting to pick up the pencil," Giffen told Newsarama.

"I asked just to do an annual or a one-off or something like that, just to see if I can still exercise the penciling muscle. Because I've been doing breakdowns all along. Really, penciling is just putting in the detail."

Giffen said that he volunteered to draw an issue of Doom Patrol to give the regular artists a break, and was offered the chance to illustrate Dan DiDio's Outsiders at the same time.